A
35-years-old Israeli man
was hospitalized Friday
after a snake bit his Cores
while he was on the toilet.
The man, who is from
northern Israel was visiting
his parents in the Lower
Galilee town of Nofit when
he went to the bathroom.
While on the toilet, he got
the surprise of his life; A
snake crept up from inside
the bowl and bit his
joystick, according to The
Times of Israel's report,
based on a television news
story.
After the bite, the man "ran
from the room in horror"
and was later taken to
Haifa’s Rambam Medical
Center for treatment.
Hospital staff at Haifa’s
Rambam Medical Center
confirmed the snake-bite
story to The Huffington
Post.
"There will undoubtedly be
bite marks on the area in
question," a representative
from
the hospital told the
Australia's Daily Telegraph.
"The snake was not
poisonous. The man is
currently under
observation pending
additional test results and
as soon as we get the
results, he will be able to
go home."
"This
is the first time I've
seen a snake bite like
this," one of the
paramedics who treated the
man added. "Luckily, all
tests seem fine and the
man is feeling well."
Such an incident might seem
quite out of the ordinary,
unbelievable even, but it
has reportedly happened
before. Back in 2009, a 51-
year-old Taiwanese man
sustained minor injuries
when he was bitten on the
joystick by a snake while
on the toilet, the Britain's
Telegraph previously
reported. The snake was
believed to have entered
the latrine through a crack
in the septic tank.
"It was the snake's signal
for help when it bit me," the
man, identified as Lin, was
quoted as saying. "If it
hadn't maybe it would have
been stuck in the septic
tank and either suffocated
or starved to death. It
looked like an accident but
it was actually fate."